Hey all. I haven't been on this list since about '98
or maybe '97 even (it was on a Rocketmail account, so
I know it was before Yahoo took them over!). Is the
list still alive?
I personally got tired of MD when I got a cd burner --
much harder to share your music when you're the only
one with a Minidisc player! Now, however, I'm taking
public transportation again, and it's amazing how big
a cd player suddenly is! Add that to the new MDLP
stuff, and I can see it's time to get back into
MiniDisc.
I was dismayed to discover that Best Buy has more or
less stopped carrying my lovely little toys (they only
have the Sony MZ-R700DPC (if I'm not mistaken) and the
saleman to whom I spoke clearly thought that MD was
pass (somehow holding the belief that 64 megs of
flash memory, holding about an hour's music and
costing more than $50 on a good day -- and don't get
me started on the cost of those MP3 players -- was
superior to minidisc). So I hit the web, and went
back to trusty old Minidisco. This brings me to the
subject at hand.
Now, I've always been fond of Sony. They make pretty
good investments in innovation (seems like Phillips
invents everything good and then sells it to Sony),
and when the technology is young, they make solid
devices. When the technology is mature, they can be
counted on to make some of the best equipment in the
high-end consumer market, and some very respectable
budget equipment. However, they always seem to be
rather conservative. For example, what the h3ll is up
with all of their player/recorders using AAs and not
having built-in Li-Ion support? My favorite thing
about my old Sharp MD-SS312-H (which, I would like to
point out, is still very sexy) is the gumpack Li-Ion
battery. I can not stand buying a few packs of AAs
every week. I won't do it. Now, I notice that
Minidisco indicates that Sony includes a NiCd AA with
their MD portables, but NiCd, unlike MD, IS pass ! I
have enough headaches keeping my cordless phone
batteries from developing memory -- I don't want to
add my MD player to that mess.
Does anyone on the list have any experience with the
Sharp MD-MT877? It looks cool (though I must admit
the Sony MZ-R700DPC is a sexy little b!tch), it
apparently has a NiMH battery (I'm guessing it's a AA
format, can anyone confirm? If so, I may be able to
replace it with Li-Ion, but I'm not sure how the
onboard charger would feel about that), but at least
it's less of an insult than NiCd. The battery life is
respectable, and that charging cradle is the deal
closer. I love dropping my phone into a cradle and
letting it charge, and I want the same for my MD.
It's the small things in life...
Then of course, there's the Sony MZ-G750DPC. IT's got
a sexy look to it (I do so love turning heads when I
pull that MD player out of my pocket... "What kind of
tape player is that?!" -- hours of fun for the whole
family), plus it comes with non-earbud headphones,
which is nice.. might save me a few bucks if they're
halfway decent... it comes with a PC link (I thought I
was going to have to buy a SB Live! or something
similar for the digital-out) which'll save a few
bucks, plus it has a built in am/fm radio. That's
nice.
What I'm looking for is opinions. Purely subjective
comments on their livability. How fun are they to have?
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